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Job 19:14

LonelinessFriendship

12 His troops advance together; they construct a ramp against me and encamp around my tent.

13 He has removed my brothers from me; my acquaintances have abandoned me.

My kinsmen have failed me, and my friends have forgotten me.

15 My guests and maidservants count me as a stranger; I am a foreigner in their sight.

16 I call for my servant, but he does not answer, though I implore him with my own mouth.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
My kinsmen have failed me, and my friends have forgotten me.
KJV
My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me.
WEB
My relatives have gone away. My familiar friends have forgotten me.
ASV
My kinsfolk have failed, And my familiar friends have forgotten me.
DARBY
My kinsfolk have failed, and my known friends have forgotten me.
BLB
Those near to me have ceased, and those known to me have forgotten me.
ÅB
Mine nærmeste holder seg borte, og mine kjente har glemt meg.
OTB
De som er i slekt med meg har sviktet meg;
mine nære venner har glemt meg.
B1930
Mine nærmeste holder sig borte, og mine kjente har glemt mig.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Psalms 38:11

    My beloved and friends shun my disease, and my kinsmen stand at a distance.

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  • Matthew 10:21

    Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; children will rise against their parents and have them put to death.

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  • Jeremiah 20:10

    For I have heard the whispering of many: “Terror is on every side! Report him; let us report him!” All my trusted friends watch for my fall: “Perhaps he will be deceived so that we may prevail against him and take our vengeance upon him.”

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  • Proverbs 18:24

    A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who stays closer than a brother.

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  • John 13:18

    I am not speaking about all of you; I know whom I have chosen. But this is to fulfill the Scripture: ‘The one who shares My bread has lifted up his heel against Me.’

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  • Micah 7:5–6

    Do not rely on a friend; do not trust in a companion. Seal the doors of your mouth from her who lies in your arms.

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  • 2 Samuel 16:23

    Now in those days the advice of Ahithophel was like the consultation of the word of God. Such was the regard that both David and Absalom had for Ahithophel’s advice.

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  • Psalms 55:12–14

    For it is not an enemy who insults me; that I could endure. It is not a foe who rises against me; from him I could hide.

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